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anyone had one of these go recently or know what the
symptoms are like before they go

I did this job last year and it was much easier than I expected! It took me only a couple of hours and cost £14.86 for the bush (part no 180930 and called a 'flexible bush') from the dealers. I think factors like GSF sell them for half that.

Haynes tells you to remove the halfshaft and the casting to change the bush, but I just sawed through the rubber/steel bush (being careful not to cut into the alloy casting), then tapped it out with a drift. I pressed the new bush in using a home made puller (a large nut and bolt and 2 pieces of flat steel). Hope this helps.

thanks for that MD very helpful , what made you suspect the
mount in the first place

My rear mount gas gone. I noticed it when I did the oil change, the rubber contact points in the bush had torn through allowing more engine movement.

The symptoms are a bit more engine movement (like when you rev it from idle). Some juddering on take off. And some vibration when the car 'crests' a hill under load and takes the wieght off the mount for a second.

It's not good to have too much engine movement though because it can pull on your hoses/wires a bit too much.

thanks for that welly, sounds very much like mine especially when

i start it, was sure it never used to rock that much

My symptoms were much like Welton's, but I also noticed that the gearstick was moving around alot more than it used to when accelerating/deaccelerating in traffic. Like Welton, I spotted the cause of the problem while doing an oil change - the 2 rubber webs connecting the bush centre to the outer rim had almost cracked right through.

thanks welly and MD very informative, and the bit about the gear stick

moving is also happening in mine . I also get a tingling vibration when i

place my left foot on the rest by the clutch pedal , methinks it wants

changing

puggy wrote: I also get a tingling vibration when i place my left foot on the rest by the clutch pedal

Perhaps your Doctor could help here?

steady on now welly

Great post guys . I have a shot rear mount...(not the wife) and wernt looking forward to taking my shafts out (fna fna). I will try the modded way. I was thinking of modding it and use a piston type damper